Psychologist

WG060 Witherslack Group Ltd; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of specialist education and care seeks a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic, or Counselling Psychologist for Hartwell School in Stockton-on-Tees. This role involves supporting young people with complex needs through therapeutic interventions, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and a commitment to achieving positive outcomes. The position offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

35 days holiday including bank holidays

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Training and development programs

Beautiful working environments

Recommend a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC.
• Proven skills to assess and support therapeutic interventions.
• Experience in providing clinically informed environments.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues with therapeutic interventions.
• Provide consultation and training to teams.
• Engage with young people to promote positive outcomes.

Skills

Assessment

Formulation

Therapeutic interventions

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic, or Counselling Psychologist

Job description

time left to apply End Date: June 22, 2025 (27 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR102242

Actual take home pay £60,941- £71,520 + excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Hartwell School.

Hartwell School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Stockton-on-Tees. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, alongside a range of other associated conditions.

The recent Ofsted rating of Good has established the school as one of the leading specialist provisions in the North East.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children’s homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children’s homes, ensuring that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care, and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training, and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

Training: A full induction and on-the-job training

Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays

Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here

Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here

A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds, and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage, and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking for will:

Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic, or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC

Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate, and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

Have experience supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

Be a confident, engaging, effective model, guide, leader, and trainer

Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments, you will be offered support, resources, and a platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme, and access to a 220+ strong team of multidisciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here.

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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About Witherslack

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There are lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, just sitting through a lesson can be a big win. We call these huge small victories, and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference.

We live and learn with children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs, communication difficulties (such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, or speech, language, and communication needs), ADHD, or complex learning needs. We have the most joined-up model in SEN, the best environments, and we are proud of what we do.

Mission: We are the leading provider of specialist education and care for children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs, communication difficulties (autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language, and communication needs), ADHD, and complex learning needs.